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ARNOLD ARBORETUM. ripen.I cannot feel at all sure that this is the case with the Oregon tree which is, of course, the true
J. Occidentalis of Hooker and one of Douglas's discoveries.I am terribly busy but do not seem to ma ke any progress, and at
this writing it looks as if volume xiii. would slop over into volume xiv., a terrible state of things I think. Let me hear
from you.Kind regards to your family. Faithfully yours, C.S. illegible John Muir, Esq. Martinez, Cal.